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Amid efforts at the federal level to repeal and roll back environmentally conscious regulations, some builders are continuing to strive to exceed them. One is Green Hammer Inc. The design-build firm, based in Portland, Oregon’s Pearl District, has built a ...

Drive around Rexburg and it only takes a few seconds to come upon another apartment construction project. In a city with a 2017 population of 28,377, Rexburg since 2013 has seen construction starts for 30 apartment complexes with 2,020 units ...

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The College of Western Idaho will ask Ada County and Canyon County voters Nov. 6 to approve a $39 million, 10-year plant facilities levy to build a four-story health science building on its Nampa campus. The 110,000-square-foot structure would be ...

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The Brighton Corp. plans to add its first residential element to The Village at Meridian with a 166-unit active adult living complex behind the Boise Co-op. The five-story structure will target residents aged 55 or older, said David Turnbull, Brighton’s ...

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Federal officials have given a Boise ski area permission to build a snow-making system. The U.S. Forest Service gave the Bogus Basin Mountain Recreation Area permission to begin burying water and electrical lines on the Deer Point and Coach portion ...

Broad Street’s fourth multi-story housing project in the past two years surfaced Aug. 28 with a proposed eight-story mixed-use project at Third and Myrtle streets. The 142-unit 3rd & Myrtle or Boise Caddis would fill the block bounded by Broad, ...

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Construction start is about a month away for the new seven-level, 546-space parking garage slated for Front Street between Fifth and Sixth streets. “We have a grading permit to start excavation as soon as the utility work is completed,” said ...

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A boarded-up downtown Payette building that was the poster child for last year’s “broken windows” ordinance is being rehabilitated into a startup space for small businesses. Formally known as Project 121 N Main, after its address, the building — in ...

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A man who is already a fixture in downtown Meridian won approval Aug. 28 from the Meridian City Council to fill most of the block across from City Hall with 103 apartments and 15,700 square feet of office/retail in two ...

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A large white frame will encase the mid-block entry to Main + Marketplace, the next-generation makeover of the Eighth Street retail center piece known as Capitol Terrace that was built in 1988. Main + Marketplace will have a different look. ...

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